Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan learned that the Silver-Eyed Maiden had triggered the conflict with the Tianjue Sect by killing Old Monster Tianjue’s son after he molested her. He warned her that the battle had turned the matter into a war between sects, leaving the Cloud Hidden Sect facing possible destruction.

• Lin Xuan successfully removed the poison from the youth surnamed Long, who woke and learned that Lin Xuan had saved him.
• The youth surnamed Long was astonished to discover how much Lin Xuan’s cultivation had advanced, while Lin Xuan asked what had caused the conflict with the Tianjue Sect.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden explained that Old Monster Tianjue’s son had harassed her in an Immortal City, so she killed him and his attendants after revealing her cultivation.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden resolved to go to the Tianjue Sect alone, but Lin Xuan argued that the recent battle had made the conflict a war between the Cloud Hidden Sect and the Tianjue Sect.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden realized the Tianjue Sect was far stronger than the Cloud Hidden Sect and feared her actions would destroy the sect’s million-year lineage.

Lin Xuan proposed settling the Cloud Hidden Sect’s conflict with the Tianjue Sect through a duel in Star-Moon City, then offered to face the two Supreme Elders to prove he could defeat Old Monster Tianjue. The chapter left them heading to the sect’s sparring area, where Lin Xuan planned to fight them both at once.

• Lin Xuan told the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long that a duel in Star-Moon City could spare both sects the losses of a full conflict.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long explained that Star-Moon City enforced duel agreements absolutely, but feared Old Monster Tianjue would defeat any Cloud Hidden Sect challenger.
• Lin Xuan insisted he could defeat Old Monster Tianjue, though the two Supreme Elders doubted his confidence.
• Lin Xuan invited the Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long to test his strength, and they agreed.
• Lin Xuan led them to a sparring area and proposed fighting both of them at once.

After defeating the Silver-Eyed Maiden and Long in a sparring match, Lin Xuan planned to challenge Old Monster Tianjue and demand rare materials and concessions from Tianjue Sect. As Tianjue Sect reeled from its failed attack on Cloud Hidden Sect, an unexpected visitor arrived with a card for Old Monster Tianjue.

• Lin Xuan easily defeated the Silver-Eyed Maiden and Long, convincing them he might be able to defeat Old Monster Tianjue.
• Lin Xuan asked the Silver-Eyed Maiden and Long to check a list of rare materials and arranged to demand the materials, protection for Cloud Hidden Sect, and a two-thousand-year deadline from Tianjue Sect if he won the duel.
• The Silver-Eyed Maiden explained that the demand would force Tianjue Sect to spend its strength searching for materials, weakening it, while the threat of Liberation by Violence would pressure Old Monster Tianjue to comply.
• Lin Xuan kept Venerable Qingling's promise as a hidden safeguard, then settled into a cultivation cave in the Mingqing Illusion Realm to prepare for the duel.
• At Tianjue Sect's main altar, disciples demanded revenge for Elder Zhong's defeat, while the elders worried about the cost of attacking Cloud Hidden Sect.
• An unexpected visitor presented a card, and the sect master brought it to Old Monster Tianjue at the Cold Pool.

Old Monster Tianjue agreed to duel the Cloud Hidden Sect in Star-Moon City and vowed to destroy the sect if he won. As cultivators flocked to Star-Moon City for its once-in-nine-years auction, the city was already bustling a month before it began.

• The sect master warned Old Monster Tianjue that the Cloud Hidden Sect's duel demand and victory conditions seemed suspicious, but Tianjue dismissed his concerns.
• Old Monster Tianjue accepted the duel and declared that he would erase the Cloud Hidden Sect if his side won.
• The sect master withdrew after promising to obey Tianjue's order.
• The chapter described Bei Ming Prefecture's harsh climate and Star-Moon City's fame as a destination for duels, auctions, and sightings of Tribulation Transcendence Stage incarnations.
• With the major auction a month away, cultivators and important sect figures had already begun gathering in Star-Moon City.

Lin Xuan and the youth surnamed Long arrived at Star-Moon City ahead of the duel, where Long explained that a Tribulation Transcendence being remained there because of a mysterious Heavenly Demon. They secured lodgings for Spirit Division Stage cultivators, and Lin Xuan waited for news about the duel.

• Lin Xuan and the youth surnamed Long traveled toward Star-Moon City and discussed whether a Tribulation Transcendence senior truly guarded it.
• The youth surnamed Long explained that his late master had known Mystic Ice Master, one of Star-Moon City's three Supreme Elders, and that a Tribulation Transcendence being stayed there because of the Heavenly Demon.
• Lin Xuan and the youth surnamed Long reached Star-Moon City and admired its walls of Copper Essence and mystic iron.
• The city guards welcomed Lin Xuan and the youth surnamed Long, and the pair went to a residential area reserved for Spirit Division Stage cultivators.
• Lin Xuan chose a quiet pavilion, while the youth surnamed Long took the one beside it and promised to arrange matters concerning the duel.

Lin Xuan prepared for his duel with Old Monster Tianjue, which would decide Cloud Hidden Sect’s fate. He arrived at Star-Moon City’s Dharma Venerable Hall with the young man surnamed Long and two senior judges, then learned the match would take place in a sealed Spatial Rift.

• Lin Xuan rested for three days before the young man surnamed Long told him the duel had been arranged for two days later.
• The young man surnamed Long brought Lin Xuan to the Dharma Venerable Hall on the morning of the duel.
• Master Jingkong and Lu Yun greeted them and revealed they had come to judge the match after hearing that Lin Xuan had challenged Old Monster Tianjue.
• Master Jingkong led the group through the hall toward the duel site and explained that the arena was inside a sealed Spatial Rift.

Lin Xuan entered a reinforced Spatial Rift to duel Old Monster Tianjue, while four of Star-Moon City's great elders gathered to observe. Tianjue attacked first, and Lin Xuan narrowly blocked a hidden volley of poisoned needles with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

• Lin Xuan, Long, Jingkong, and Lu Yun entered the Spatial Rift, where Lin Xuan recognized the strengthening restrictions of the Origin-Returning Three Talents Array.
• Lu Yun advised Lin Xuan to inspect the terrain while they waited for Tianjue to arrive.
• Tianjue appeared with Madam Yu and Elder Hui, and the elders and Long withdrew as Lin Xuan and Tianjue prepared to fight.
• Tianjue attacked Lin Xuan with an eerie, forceful spell, and Lin Xuan evaded it using Nine Heavens Micro-Steps.
• Lin Xuan sensed danger and summoned the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword to deflect hundreds of concealed, poison-coated needles.

Lin Xuan fought Old Monster Tianjue, whose golden book revealed Confucian techniques, and gained the upper hand after the elder underestimated the power of his Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword. The sword broke through Tianjue’s Haoran Righteous Qi, but an ancient Battle Armor appeared and stopped the attack.

• Lin Xuan grazed Old Monster Tianjue with an Ink Spirit Drill after Tianjue used Spatial Displacement Technique to evade most of the strike.
• Old Monster Tianjue brought out a golden book, and Lin Xuan suspected that he practiced Confucian cultivation arts.
• Lin Xuan unleashed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, while Old Monster Tianjue summoned a barrage of spears from his book.
• The spears shattered against Lin Xuan’s sword lights, which then tore through Tianjue’s protective Haoran Righteous Qi.
• Old Monster Tianjue’s ancient Battle Armor emerged and blocked the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword before it could pierce him.

Lin Xuan wounded Old Monster Tianjue with the Sea-Overturning Halberd, but Tianjue survived by splitting into countless real incarnations. Lin Xuan countered with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword, yet Tianjue’s incarnations blocked it and prepared another attack.

• Lin Xuan used the Sea-Overturning Halberd’s crescent blade to collapse Old Monster Tianjue’s Spatial Rift and cut him in two.
• The watching cultivators were stunned, while Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and realized Tianjue’s severed body was not an illusion.
• Old Monster Tianjue’s body exploded and became hundreds upon thousands of tiny, genuine incarnations.
• Master Jingkong and Lu Yun recognized that Tianjue’s incarnation technique was unfamiliar, while the youth surnamed Long worried about Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan sent myriad Nine Palaces Instantaneous Swords against the incarnations, but their Judge’s Pens held the swords off.
• The tiny incarnations puffed out their cheeks and began firing beams of light at Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan countered Old Monster Tianjue’s powerful attack with the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone after his Four Spirits were overwhelmed. His defense weakened the incoming pillars of light, but they still bore down on him as the watching cultivators marveled at his treasures.

• Lin Xuan poured his magic power into the Spirit-Devouring Sword and summoned the Four Spirits to clash with the pillar of light.
• The Old Crone worried that the duel might damage the arena, and Master Jingkong assured her the reinforced space was stable.
• Elder Hui warned that Lin Xuan was at a disadvantage, and Old Monster Tianjue’s attack shattered the Four Spirits and closed in on Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and transformed its mist into sword-bearing runes that weakened the pillars of light.
• The inkstone’s shield burst after reducing the attack to half its strength, and the watching cultivators questioned where Lin Xuan had obtained his treasures.

Lin Xuan fought Old Monster Tianjue, whose countless incarnations regenerated and resisted his attacks with a golden body. Lin Xuan suspected Tianjue’s true soul was hidden in one incarnation, but Tianjue shifted to a sword formation that surrounded him from every direction.

• Lin Xuan destroyed six of Old Monster Tianjue’s incarnations with Ink Spirit Drills, but six replacements appeared immediately.
• Lin Xuan used the Immortal Sword Lotus and Sword into Silk Technique, but Tianjue’s incarnations hardened their bodies and blocked the sword threads.
• Lin Xuan struck with Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and destroyed about one-third of the incarnations, only for thousands more to appear.
• Lin Xuan reasoned that Tianjue’s regeneration must have a cost and that his Nascent Soul and soul were hidden in one incarnation.
• Old Monster Tianjue sent Immortal Swords toward Lin Xuan from every direction, and Lin Xuan recognized the attack as a sword formation.

Lin Xuan faced Old Monster Tianjue’s undying body and massive sword array, whose linked incarnations could coordinate without flaw. After a test revealed the array’s immense power and its attacks sealed off every escape route, Lin Xuan began preparing to counter it with the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

• Lin Xuan recognized that Old Monster Tianjue’s hundreds of linked incarnations formed a sword array without the coordination weaknesses of ordinary formations.
• The gray-robed cultivator and Lu Yun believed Old Monster Tianjue had the advantage, while the youth surnamed Long hoped Lin Xuan still had a hidden move.
• Old Monster Tianjue urged Lin Xuan to admit defeat, but Lin Xuan refused and reasoned that the undying body and sword array must consume considerable power.
• Old Monster Tianjue activated the array, and Lin Xuan’s jade-green curved blade shattered when it struck one golden sphere.
• Old Monster Tianjue sent the golden spheres to surround Lin Xuan from every direction, and Lin Xuan began directing incantations toward the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword.

Lin Xuan unleashed successive treasures and techniques against Old Monster Tianjue’s sword formation, briefly weakening it but failing to overcome its power. Old Monster Tianjue restored the formation’s advantage and resolved to kill Lin Xuan before he could grow stronger.

• Lin Xuan transformed the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword’s light into Fire Dragons and sent them against Old Monster Tianjue’s Mysterious Sword Array, but the array began to overwhelm them.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and used the Mountain-Peak Golden Crow Scroll to send Golden Crows and enlarged mountain peaks crashing into the spirit cloud, briefly shifting the battle’s momentum.
• Old Monster Tianjue intensified the sword formation and claimed he had shown only thirty percent of its power, leaving Lin Xuan at a disadvantage again.
• Lin Xuan sent an ancient Long Spear and the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire into the spirit cloud, but neither could reverse the battle.
• Old Monster Tianjue judged Lin Xuan’s strength and many treasures a future threat and resolved to kill him before he grew stronger.

Lin Xuan unleashed nearly all his usable treasures to withstand Old Monster Tianjue’s full-powered sword formation. The two exhausted their options and reached a stalemate.

• Old Monster Tianjue unleashed the full power of his sword formation, making the space tremble with its spiritual pressure.
• Master Jingkong reassured the judges that the reinforced space could withstand the battle unless it reached the Tribulation Transcendence level.
• Lin Xuan sent his Thunder Fire Awl into the spirit cloud and summoned a five-headed monster with the Five Elements Spirit-Nurturing Formation.
• Lin Xuan brought out nearly all his usable treasures, astonishing the watching cultivators with the number and power he controlled.
• Master Jingkong said Lin Xuan’s divine sense was likely stronger than that of cultivators of the same rank.
• Lin Xuan’s treasures blocked Old Monster Tianjue’s sword formation, and both combatants reached a stalemate.

Lin Xuan and Old Monster Tianjue remained locked in a contest of magic power, with the spectators expecting Lin Xuan to lose. Lin Xuan’s purified Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk let him outlast Tianjue, who was left desperately sustaining his sword formation with no way to retreat.

• Master Jingkong and the youth surnamed Long believed Lin Xuan was at a disadvantage because his magic power was shallower and his treasures consumed more of it.
• As Lin Xuan’s magic power dwindled, he drank a drop of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and quickly restored his strength.
• Old Monster Tianjue revealed his own bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, but Lin Xuan stayed calm and continued the stalemate.
• After more than a day and night, Tianjue’s bottle ran dry while Lin Xuan continued recovering by drinking the purified spirit milk.
• Tianjue realized he could not match Lin Xuan’s recovery and kept the sword formation in place, fearing Lin Xuan would destroy him if he withdrew it.

As Lin Xuan’s battle with Old Monster Tianjue neared its end, the spectators realized that Lin Xuan’s seemingly inexhaustible Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk might actually be Nine Heavens Immortal Dew. After learning Lin Xuan had only recently reached the Spirit Division Stage, the Four Elders of Star-Moon City marveled at his potential, while the Youth surnamed Long resolved to secure his loyalty to the Cloud Hidden Sect.

• The Four Elders of Star-Moon City watched Lin Xuan withstand Old Monster Tianjue’s attacks and assumed the old monster’s sword formation had sealed Lin Xuan’s eventual defeat.
• Lin Xuan’s seemingly inexhaustible supply of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk shifted the battle’s outcome, and Master Jingkong asked the Youth surnamed Long about it.
• Lu Yun and the white-haired old woman suggested that Lin Xuan might be using the legendary Nine Heavens Immortal Dew, which could restore magic power and heal injuries.
• The Youth surnamed Long said he knew little about Lin Xuan, who had entered the Cloud Hidden Sect a thousand years earlier and only recently advanced to the Spirit Division Stage.
• The Four Elders of Star-Moon City expressed amazement at Lin Xuan’s strength and predicted that his arrival could make the Cloud Hidden Sect a first-rate sect.
• The Youth surnamed Long decided he and his senior sister should do whatever it took to keep Lin Xuan with the Cloud Hidden Sect.

Old Monster Tianjue made one last attempt to escape defeat, but Lin Xuan’s spirit-cloud storm swallowed him and left him badly injured. Old Monster Tianjue survived by sacrificing both arms and one leg, and Lin Xuan narrowly avoided his counterattack.

• Old Monster Tianjue, nearly depleted and unwilling to lose, withdrew his magic power and retreated to stake everything on one final gamble.
• Lin Xuan drove the crimson spirit cloud after Old Monster Tianjue, and its storm engulfed him.
• A Black Hole appeared before Lin Xuan, and a bluish-gray giant claw struck through his Black Tortoise True Spirit Inkstone and Mystic Cyan Mother-Child Shield before the True Spirit Armor stopped it.
• Old Monster Tianjue escaped the storm by using the Substitute Tribulation Transcendence Art and sacrificing both arms and one leg.

Lin Xuan defeated Old Monster Tianjue after countering his Sky Blade Snail Insects with the Hundred Spirit Bell. His victory saved the Cloud Hidden Sect, and Master Jingkong congratulated Long on turning danger into safety.

• Old Monster Tianjue released a swarm of Sky Blade Snail Insects in a final attempt to defeat Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan used the Hundred Spirit Bell to repel and kill the insects.
• Old Monster Tianjue admitted defeat, regretting that he had challenged Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan reflected that Tianjue had been stronger and that he would likely lose if they fought again.
• Long rejoiced at Lin Xuan's victory, and Master Jingkong congratulated him on the Cloud Hidden Sect's good fortune.

Lin Xuan defeated Old Monster Tianjue but refused the offer to become Cloud Hidden Sect’s Grand Elder, choosing instead to focus on cultivation. As news of the victory spread through the Nailong Realm, the Four Elders of Star-Moon City confirmed it, leaving cultivators stunned.

• Old Monster Tianjue silently resolved to seek revenge, while Lin Xuan watched him with an unreadable smile.
• On their way back to the Guest Pavilion, the Youth surnamed Long offered Lin Xuan the position of Grand Elder, but Lin Xuan refused and asked to remain an ordinary Supreme Elder.
• The Youth surnamed Long questioned Lin Xuan about his background, but Lin Xuan only admitted that he was an Ascended Cultivator and avoided further details.
• The Youth surnamed Long sent a Flying Sword Message to his senior sister, while Lin Xuan bathed and slept to recover from the battle.
• News that Lin Xuan had defeated Old Monster Tianjue spread through Star-Moon City, but many cultivators doubted it, especially after hearing Lin Xuan had only recently entered the Spirit Division Stage.
• The Four Elders of Star-Moon City confirmed Old Monster Tianjue’s defeat, leaving the cultivators astonished.

News that Lin Xuan defeated Old Monster Tianjue spread throughout the Nailong Realm, making Lin Xuan and the Cloud Hidden Sect famous. The day before Star-Moon City's auction, Master Jingkong arrived to summon Lin Xuan on behalf of an unnamed senior, and Lin Xuan agreed to go after leaving a message for his senior brother.

• Reports of Old Monster Tianjue's defeat spread across the Nailong Realm, and his silence led cultivators to believe the news was true.
• Lin Xuan became famous, and the Cloud Hidden Sect attracted many prospective disciples as a result.
• Lin Xuan stayed in seclusion until Master Jingkong came to his pavilion the day before the Star-Moon City auction.
• Jingkong told Lin Xuan that an unnamed senior had summoned him but did not know the reason.
• Lin Xuan decided to go, suspecting the summons might bring an opportunity, and asked to leave a message for his senior brother.